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Alcohol Addiction & The Rat As A Possible Animal For The Study Of Alcoholism, John Graham
Alcohol Addiction & The Rat As A Possible Animal For The Study Of Alcoholism, John Graham
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
An attempt was made to produce an animal model for the study of alcoholism. It was hypothesized that the laboratory rat could be brought to physical dependency and maintained in that state under a free-choice circumstance. Two groups of 60-day-old Max hooded rats, consisting of 8 males and 8 females per group, were established to serve as experimental and control subjects. Two experiments were conducted. The intention of the first experiment was to install physical alcohol dependency in the experimental subjects with the use of a totally liquid diet. After the first experiment a 6-hr. period of total abstinence was …
The Influence Of A Relaxation Training Program Upon A Measure Of Self-Actualization, Karl Bodtorf
The Influence Of A Relaxation Training Program Upon A Measure Of Self-Actualization, Karl Bodtorf
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Students at Western Kentucky University were asked to participate in a three week relaxation training program. The program focused upon relaxation as a coping skill and employed the Lazarus series of relaxation tapes, bio-feedback mediated relaxation training, and presentation of a relevant hierarchy in the form of an abbreviated systematic desensitization procedure. Subjects were measured prior to and following the relaxation program. It was hypothesized that subjects undergoing such a training procedure would experience gains as demonstrated by a measure of self-actualization when compared to individuals receiving no such treatment. A multivariate discriminant analysis indicated that the training program had …